European Patent Office

T 0372/00 of 27.06.2002

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T037200.20020627
Date of decision
27 June 2002
Case number
T 0372/00
Online on
31 July 2002
Petition for review of
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Application number
89116697.7
IPC class
H01J 37/32
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Split-phase driver for plasma etch system
Applicant name
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
Opponent name
Institute of Technological Information Inc.
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Procedure - late filed request (no) - forseeable response to an objection
Amendments - feature derived from a figure
Inventive step - combination of documents not leading to the invention
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:

- claims 1 to 4 filed in the oral proceedings,

- description columns 1 to 5 as approved by the opposition division with acknowledgement of prior art, filed with letter faxed 27 May 2002, to be inserted in column 2 between lines 28 and 29,

- drawings: Figures 1 and 2 of the patent specification.